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(1) The reconstruction of a file to a given state by reversing all changes made to the file since it was in that state.~(2) A type of recovery in which a system, program, database, or other system resource is restored to a previous state in which it can perform required functions.
Industry:Computer; Software
(1) The technique of filling out a fixed-length block of data with dummy characters, words, or records.~(2) Dummy characters, words, or records used to fill out a fixed-length block of data.
Industry:Computer; Software
(1) To depart from the implicit or declared order in which computer program statements are being executed. (2) A program statement that causes a departure.~(3) The departure described in (1).
Industry:Computer; Software
(1) To send data from one place and receive it at another.~(2) To relinquish control by one process and assume it at another, either with expectation of return (see call) or without such expectation (seejump).
Industry:Computer; Software
(1) To place or retain data in a storage device.~(2) To copy computer instructions or data from a register to internal storage or from internal storage to external storage.
Industry:Computer; Software
(1) A computer program construct in which one of two or more alternative sets of program statements is selected for execution.~(2) A point in a computer program at which one of two or more alternative sets of program statements is selected for execution.~(3) Any of the alternative sets of program statements in (1).~(4) To perform the selection in (1).
Industry:Computer; Software
(1) A computer program that has been purposely altered from the intended version to evaluate the ability of test cases to detect the alteration.~(2) The process of creating an altered program as in (1).
Industry:Computer; Software
(1) A computer used to develop software intended for another computer. Contrast with: target machine (1).~(2) A computer used to emulate another computer. Contrast with: target machine (2).~(3) The computer on which a program or file is installed.~(4) In a computer network, a computer that provides processing capabilities to users of the network.
Industry:Computer; Software
(1) A condition or capability needed by a user to solve a problem or achieve an objective.~(2) A condition or capability that must be met or possessed by a system or system component to satisfy a contract, standard, specification, or other formally imposed documents.~(3) A documented representation of a condition or capability as in (1) or (2).
Industry:Computer; Software
(1) A condition or mode of existence that a system, component, or simulation may be in; for example, the pre-flight state of an aircraft navigation program or the input state of given channel.~(2) The values assumed at a given instant by the variables that define the characteristics of a system, component, or simulation.
Industry:Computer; Software
